{"id":2506,"date":"2013-10-11T15:58:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T10:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2013-10-11T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T10:28:09","slug":"sarnath-isipatana-varanasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/sarnath-isipatana-varanasi\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarnath, Isipatana, Varanasi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Situated at about 10 kms. from Varanas<\/strong>i ( one of the oldest inhabited city in the world) is Sarnath<\/strong> was also known as Isipatana<\/strong> during the Mauryan Period<\/strong> , here Lord Gautam Buddha<\/strong> gave his first sermon \u00a0after he attained the\u00a0enlightenment \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (\u00a0Bodhisattva\u00a0)\u00a0<\/strong>at Bodhgaya<\/strong> , he came here to join five of his\u00a0former\u00a0companions ( Kaundinya<\/strong>, Bashpa<\/strong>, Bhadrika<\/strong>, Mahanaman<\/strong> and Ashvajit<\/strong>)\u00a0\u00a0to teach them the Dharma<\/strong> , before reaching Sarnath<\/strong> he had to use his yoga powers to cross the river Ganges<\/strong> as he had nothing to pay for to travel by boat, upon hearing this the Mauryan King<\/strong> Bimbisara\u00a0<\/strong>abolished\u00a0the toll for Ascetics<\/strong> .
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\"Dhamek

Dhamek Stupa , Sarnath, Place of first sermon by Lord Buddha<\/p><\/div>
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\nThe first sermon Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Lord Buddha gave to \u00a0five monks on a Full Moon day of Asalah<\/strong> and spend his first rainy season here , the Sangha<\/strong> after the joining of Yasa<\/strong> and his friends grew to 60 in numbers , Lord Buddha directed them to travel alone in all direction \u00a0to spread his teachings .
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\"Remains

Remains of aprox.18×18 sq. mtr temple , Lord Buddha meditation site Molgandha Kuti<\/p><\/div>
\nSeveral Monks stayed and learned about Buddhism\u00a0centenaries\u00a0after Lord Buddha , In second\u00a0Centenary BC, twelve thousand monks were present under the Chief Monk\u00a0\u00a0Dhammasena<\/strong> at the foundation ceremony of Maha Thupa at Anuradhapur<\/strong> , when Chinese\u00a0traveler\u00a0Xuanzan<\/strong>g visited he saw \u00a0fifteen hundred monks studying the\u00a0Hinayana<\/strong> at the Vihara<\/strong> where there was life size \u00a0statue of Lord Buddha turning the wheel of Law<\/strong> , in third\u00a0centenary Varanasi<\/strong> was a\u00a0flourishing rich city where King and merchants were wealthy it was at its peak in sixth and seventh\u00a0centenary , the Chinese\u00a0traveler Xuan Zang<\/strong> recorded 30\u00a0monasteries<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0three thousand monks<\/strong> living at Sarnath<\/strong> .
\nSarnath<\/strong> was the major\u00a0center of\u00a0learning\u00a0of\u00a0\u00a0Sammatiya School of Buddhism<\/strong> the early Buddhist School , the Vajrayana<\/strong> Buddhism<\/strong> was practiced \u00a0as the images of Tara and Heruka are discovered here , along with Buddhist images the Hindu Gods Lord Shiva and Lord Bhrama are also discovered , there is also a Jain temple near the stupa.
\nIn 12th\u00a0centenary the Turkish Muslim invaders<\/strong> plundered the buildings , this place was\u00a0rediscovered\u00a0by British archaeologist \u00a0 Alaxander Cunninghum<\/strong> in mid 19th\u00a0centenary.
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Situated at about 10 kms. from Varanasi ( one of the oldest inhabited city in the world) is Sarnath was also known as Isipatana during the Mauryan Period , here Lord Gautam Buddha gave his first sermon \u00a0after he attained the\u00a0enlightenment \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (\u00a0Bodhisattva\u00a0)\u00a0at Bodhgaya … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,12,19,21],"tags":[91,178,261,280,358,517,643,801,1138,1322,1584,1599,1715,1813,1814,1853,2470,2508,2950,3007,3019,3092],"class_list":["post-2506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-buddhist-monuments","category-history","category-pilgrimage","category-religious-belief","tag-alaxander-cunninghum","tag-ashvajit","tag-bashpa","tag-bhadrika","tag-bodhisattva","tag-chief-monk-dhammasena","tag-dhammacakkappavattana-sutta-lord-buddha","tag-full-moon","tag-international-callers","tag-kaundinya","tag-lord-buddha","tag-lord-gautam-buddha","tag-mahanaman","tag-mauryan-king-bimbisara","tag-mauryan-period","tag-molgandha-kuti","tag-sarnath","tag-several-monks","tag-turkish-muslim","tag-vajrayana-buddhism","tag-varanasi","tag-xuan-zang"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}